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Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 02:36:00 GMT
Prep work for exhaust
Cleaning the heat exchanger
The heat exchanger is in really bad shape and is very pitted and corroded.
I spent several hours today cleaning it with a wire brush. I found some
stuff called Lab Metal, that is a high temp epoxy with aluminum and zinc
dust in it. I can withstand 1000deg F. I'm going to try and fill the
erosion on the aluminum heat exchanger with it.
It was very hot today and of course it rained again this afternoon late.
It's so hot we're not hungry. I did get water today 100gal in our new 50
gal folding rain barrel with a pump to get it up out of the dinghy.